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#1 Jakester897

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Posted 26 February 2012 - 03:53 PM

While this does seem very unlikely because of how important the new controller is to the Wii U, something caught my eye a few nights ago.

Watch the trailer one more time. Right near the beginning, the boy says "okay." He then places the Wiimote down, then picks up the new controller to resume playing. Now, this could just be that he preferred the Wii remote, that Nintendo wanted to show the whole "switching" concept better, or even just an overlooked detail, and this does sound very stupid, but we won't know until the holidays roll around....
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Posted 26 February 2012 - 04:08 PM

Wii Remotes will only ever be the primary control option if Wii Remotes are supplied with the Wii U.

Which I hope they don't, because it's unnecessary price boosting.

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Posted 26 February 2012 - 04:21 PM

That was to showcase the fact you can continue playing on the controller, and also you can use your current Wiimotes.

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Posted 26 February 2012 - 04:31 PM

That was to showcase the fact you can continue playing on the controller, and also you can use your current Wiimotes.


Yeah, this does seem the most likely.
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Posted 26 February 2012 - 05:20 PM

That won't happen. Devs. have to program for the controller that everyone will be guaranteed to have before anything else. Not everyone who buys the Wii U will have the Wii Remote, thus it can't be the primary controller.
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Posted 26 February 2012 - 05:20 PM

That was to showcase the fact you can continue playing on the controller, and also you can use your current Wiimotes.

I agree with Nollog.

This was just to showcase that you can continue playing on both controllers.


If this actually were true (unlikely) then Nintendo would have gone a step backward imo. (Which they can't really afford at this time)

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Posted 26 February 2012 - 10:17 PM

Maybe the Wii Motion Plus will come with the Wii U
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Posted 26 February 2012 - 11:44 PM

Maybe the Wii Motion Plus will come with the Wii U


Every Wii Remote available in stores right now have in built WiiMotion Pluses.
Inside the MotionPlus is an accelerometer and gyroscope. The UPad has those features built in. So we are all good.

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Posted 26 February 2012 - 11:49 PM

Youre looking into that too much. It was just to show how you could switch the screens. They wouldnt have showed the new controller right off the bat.

I think they should and will bundle a WiiMote Plus and Nunchuk with it. They arent replacing those with the new controller. They will be used alongside the new controller. (Unlike Gamecube controller which only a couplle of games used it). I believe they will still make games for Wii remote and nunchuk and thats fine.

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Posted 27 February 2012 - 01:04 AM

That won't happen. Devs. have to program for the controller that everyone will be guaranteed to have before anything else. Not everyone who buys the Wii U will have the Wii Remote, thus it can't be the primary controller.

Not everyone, but most people will.
You're not talking Kinect to 360 levels or Move to PS3 levels of people not having the controller, you're talking maybe 1 in 20 people don't have a Wiimote.
What might be worrying is there may be a lack of Wiimote+ support.

You know what would solve all issues?
Nintendo lauching Wii U with a WiiX title with a packed-in Wiimote+ controller.
Or if they plan to pack it in with the console, it's probable the console would come with wiimote+ and upad.

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Posted 03 March 2012 - 02:55 PM

That was to showcase the fact you can continue playing on the controller, and also you can use your current Wiimotes.


That's probably it. But I'll admit I kind of like using the original wiimote... :(

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Posted 04 March 2012 - 08:03 AM

I feel really sorry for people that think the Wiimote won't be used for single player games. See Zelda.

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Posted 04 March 2012 - 08:21 AM

I'm thinking the Classic Controller will be more important for the Wii U then the Wiimote.

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Posted 04 March 2012 - 10:29 AM

I'm thinking the Classic Controller will be more important for the Wii U then the Wiimote.

You mean the UTab? Or the new classic controller that will probably come out?
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Posted 04 March 2012 - 10:55 AM

You mean the UTab? Or the new classic controller that will probably come out?


He means the original Classic Controller/ CCPro.

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Posted 04 March 2012 - 11:03 AM

He means the original Classic Controller/ CCPro.



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Posted 04 March 2012 - 11:34 AM

I think there will be some games who will be compatible with the wii remotes similar to how games like smash bros and mario kart were compatible with the gamecube controllers but I dont think the wii remote would be a primary controller...then again the new zelda is going to be a motion controlled game so...
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